Modernization of the economy and the creative class

Elena B. Mostovaya
1. Novosibirsk State University
3304146@mail.ru
Yuliya A. Afanaseva
1. Novosibirsk State University
afanasye8a@mail.ru
Svetlana I. Shumilova
1. Novosibirsk State University
svetlana.shumilova1410@gmail.com
The material was received by the Editorial Board: 17/07/2017
Abstract
The article deals with the concept of modernization and its stages, proposed by the Center for the Modernization of the Chinese Academy of Sciences under the guidance of Professor He Chuanqi and subsequently adapted to the Russian realities by the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences under the leadership of Nicolay Lapin, as well as the level and heterogeneity of the modernization of the Russian regions. The authors explain the connection between the level of development of secondary modernization and such a characteristic of human capital of the population as creativity, suggest the definition of the secondary modernization subject, representing creative class, and the rationale for the applicability of the creativity index to refine the parameters of the secondary modernization. The importance of the regional context for studying the modernization process in Russia is noted taking into account the historically established asymmetry of the placement of natural, socio-economic and cultural factors.

Keywords
modernization, creative class, human development index (HDI), creativity index

 
References: Mostovaya E. B., Afanaseva Y. A., Shumilova S. I. Modernization of the economy and the creative class. World of Economics and Management. 2017, vol. 17, no. 4. P. 179–189. DOI: 10.25205/2542-0429-2017-17-4-179-189